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We take the habit to buy and eat what is available at our grocery store. Must of the time, we even have the same grocery list every weeks. It is easier in our world where time is a luxury. But do we miss out, on available weapons to fight cancer. These weapons are ingredients that are part of the 5 to 10 fruits and vegetables we should eat daily. But there are some more if we go to traditional or old way food that was used before industrialization. more…

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Who haven’t eaten potato lately? Mashed, French fried or in any which way. Solanum tuverosum, its scientific name, is an edible tuber that originated from southern montagne Andes of South America. The wild species originated from Peru. It’s one of the oldest crop humankind have cultivated, as far back as 7 to 10 thousand years ago. Worldwide, potato is the fourth largest food crop after rice, wheat and corn. Dishes around the world cook this versatile tuber in various ways.

The potato is a functional food. But researches show that the cancer fighting properties of the potato is hidden in the skin. So if we’ve eaten French fries or mashed potatoes lately with the skin stripped off, the cancer fighting phytochemicals are stripped off too. You’d only be eating starch which is a long chain of sugar. more…